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OJ 70/71, [2] - Typewritten letter of recommendation from Schoenberg to the Coordinating Committee for German Refugees, San Francisco, dated June 21, 1939
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[To: ] ⇧ Professor Moriz Violin 23 West 87th Street New York City June 21, 1939 handwritten letter with "Erklärung" [Letter] ⇧ Brentwood Park, June 21, 1939 ⇧ ARNOLD SCHOENBERG 116 NORTH ROCKINGHAM AVE. WEST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ⇧ The Coordinating Com[m]it[t]ee for German Refugees San Francisco, California 1 I herewith affirm that I consider it my duty to do everything in my power to help Professor Moriz Violin to get in the position of becoming self-supporting. I know professor Violin since we both were very young, I know that he is a great pianist and teacher and that he is one of the best connoisseurs of the music of our masters and that every student who has the opportunity to study with him must be envied[.] Accordingly I am sure that Professor Violin will not only be selfsupporting in the shortest time, but that he will be of the best service to the cultural progress of the place in which he works. I myself have already informed my students that he will be here and have recommended [them] to use this opportunity. I am sure some will do it. And I will do this further and as long as it might be necessary. I am sure that Prof. Violin will soon be recognized as a valueable man, so as he was in Germany and Austria. Brentwood Park, July 21, 1939 [signed:] ⇧ Arnold Schoenberg [signed:] ⇧ Arnold Schoenberg [signed:] Prof. of Music at Univ of Cal at Los Angeles © Transcription Ian Bent & Arnold Whittall, 2011, 2020 |
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[To: ] ⇧ Professor Moriz Violin 23 West 87th Street New York City June 21, 1939 handwritten letter with "Erklärung" [Letter] ⇧ Brentwood Park, June 21, 1939 ⇧ ARNOLD SCHOENBERG 116 NORTH ROCKINGHAM AVE. WEST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ⇧ The Coordinating Com[m]it[t]ee for German Refugees San Francisco, California 1 I herewith affirm that I consider it my duty to do everything in my power to help Professor Moriz Violin to get in the position of becoming self-supporting. I know professor Violin since we both were very young, I know that he is a great pianist and teacher and that he is one of the best connoisseurs of the music of our masters and that every student who has the opportunity to study with him must be envied[.] Accordingly I am sure that Professor Violin will not only be selfsupporting in the shortest time, but that he will be of the best service to the cultural progress of the place in which he works. I myself have already informed my students that he will be here and have recommended [them] to use this opportunity. I am sure some will do it. And I will do this further and as long as it might be necessary. I am sure that Prof. Violin will soon be recognized as a valueable man, so as he was in Germany and Austria. Brentwood Park, July 21, 1939 [signed:] ⇧ Arnold Schoenberg [signed:] ⇧ Arnold Schoenberg [signed:] Prof. of Music at Univ of Cal at Los Angeles © Transcription Ian Bent & Arnold Whittall, 2011, 2020 |
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Footnotes1 The document from which this edition was made is a photocopy; the whereabouts of the original is not known. The sheet is torn down the left side, making beginnings of lines difficult to decipher. A carbon copy of this letter, unsigned, exists as LC ASC 7/50, [5] with envelope LC ASC 7/50, [5a] (transcribed here), this being the copy sent to Moriz Violin. Missing words or letters in the left margin of OJ 70/71, [2] have been silently supplied from LC ASC 7/50, [5]. |
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